Marina Varouta (known as Ina Mar) is the first artist that adheres to¬†ARTS4KIDS fundraising Project of SIVA4KIDS.¬† Born in Athens (Greece), Marina brings her passion for photography and visual arts into computer graphic design. She gives S4K the artwork “He looked death in the face” in which she describes emotions and visions of a Tsunami survivor child.

She said: “The subject of this artwork shows my feelings about Tsunami survivors. I hope that people that share the same feelings will buy this artwork“. Domenico La Ferla (P.R. Worldwide S4K) wants to thank her for the support, and she asserts: “I support the Art4Kids project because I believe in the goal of this foundation, I support Siva4Kids and I will do it again in the future”.

Other artist and known personalities who have already supported the goal and mission of Siva for Kids Foundation are: Lucio Parrillo, the young upcoming marvel-artist from Italy, Bombay Rockers, the world famous boyband of Denmark,  PadmaShri Hariharan, a very respected personality of Indian classical music and  play back singer of Indian films industry and Martin Joergensen, who is a professional (FC Fiorentina) football personality of Denmark.

In 2000, Ina Mar created her first experimental series called “Lightcurves”, where she transformed the body into a landscape through lighting effects and the use of accessory objects. Since 2001, she has been exploring the notion of metamorphosis and transforming the representational into abstract through lighting effects, shooting techniques, photomanipulation and other methods. In this passion for metamorphosis, Ina Mar mixes themes and genres; she transforms a sculpture into a painting, a representational photo into an abstract drawing, a woman’s breast into a sunny hill.

She said: “I am a follower of so-called “plastic” photography, i.e, photography that disengages the image from its documentary dimension and imbues the objects or events represented in the image with new form and meaning. The shot, with regard to its technical details, must be taken in such a way that it best serves this transformation”.

Her favorite subjects are; the human body; abstract forms which she sees not only in landscapes, and everyday objects. She is also interested in sculptures of architectural objects; cultural and historical themes (in particular genocide).

The official website of this artist is: www.inamarr.com